"They're rejecting obvious evidence of President Donald Trump's historic unpopularity"
Didn't he receive more votes than 2016?
"A recent paper in PNAS, however, provides a single explanation"
Ah, wonderful, a simple explanation that makes Trump fans look like jerks. It HAS to be true. Right? It's so obvious. They are just sexist jerks. That's the explanation.
From the department of "Glaciers are sexist" studies.
I think that you are being overbroad. I don't agree with the conclusions of the article, but the core question is why so many people have bought into election conspiracy theories, or the even more bizarre universe of QAnon. Curious to hear your thoughts.
What motivates all contrarians? Anti-vaxxers, flat earthers, Trumpers, Haskell programmers (kidding).
There was a very insightful article on HN a year or so ago, which explored "The Dangers of Being Right". Many people see personal value and being right interchangeably. At the unhappiest times of my career, where I've felt the most under-valued, I remember becoming fixated on being right, or more importantly, never being wrong.
My take on many of the conspiracy theorists is there is some underlying feeling of insecurity and diminished personal value. Being "right" in a situation where everyone else is wrong, affords them some personal value their lives otherwise lack.
In reference to the article, the hyper-masculinity element is the superficial element. What underlies it is diminished value (i.e. feeling emasculated), perhaps through economic insecurity.
You guys are so far gone, every connection with reality has faded it seems. Where would one even begin to explain? For one, he is not unpopular at all.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 18.7 ms ] threadDidn't he receive more votes than 2016?
"A recent paper in PNAS, however, provides a single explanation"
Ah, wonderful, a simple explanation that makes Trump fans look like jerks. It HAS to be true. Right? It's so obvious. They are just sexist jerks. That's the explanation.
From the department of "Glaciers are sexist" studies.
There was a very insightful article on HN a year or so ago, which explored "The Dangers of Being Right". Many people see personal value and being right interchangeably. At the unhappiest times of my career, where I've felt the most under-valued, I remember becoming fixated on being right, or more importantly, never being wrong.
My take on many of the conspiracy theorists is there is some underlying feeling of insecurity and diminished personal value. Being "right" in a situation where everyone else is wrong, affords them some personal value their lives otherwise lack.
In reference to the article, the hyper-masculinity element is the superficial element. What underlies it is diminished value (i.e. feeling emasculated), perhaps through economic insecurity.